Miles Davis's two-night stand at The Blackhawk in San Francisco marked a watershed in jazz history, a seminal event transforming the American musical landscape. Davis had never been recorded live in a club with his combo and the performances over the course of two sets a night on April 21 and 22, 1961 more than justify the legend. The New York Times, in its review of the Columbia Records release of the complete Blackhawk shows, called the music "the gold standard for straight-ahead, postwar jazz rhythm." Leigh Wiener's shot of the club bathed in the neon and streetlights seductively hints at the promise of the music just behind the door.

1. I'll Take Romance / My Funny Valentine2. Like Someone In Love3. Falling In Love With Love 4. The Best thing For you 5. April In Paris 6. The Second Time Around 7. We Live In Two Different Worlds 8. Night Mist Blues

320 :: part1 : part2 ::During the spring and summer of 1956, trumpeter Kenny Dorham recorded two studio albums with his Jazz Prophets, a small hard bop band involving tenor saxophonist J.R. Monterose and a rhythm section of pianist Dick Katz, bassist Sam Jones and drummer Arthur Edgehill. On May 31 of that year, Dorham's group performed live at the Café Bohemia with Bobby Timmons at the piano and guitarist Kenny Burrell sitting in on all but the first of four sets. Originally engineered by Rudy Van Gelder and remastered by him in 2001, Blue Note's 2002 double-disc "Complete" Dorham Café Bohemia edition combines every usable track taped during this exceptionally fine evening of live jazz. The word "understated" has sometimes been used to describe the music played by Dorham's band on this night in 1956; this is only appropriate if Dorham is compared with intense individuals like Fats Navarro or Dizzy Gillespie. Dorham's jazz was perhaps more intimate and accessible precisely because his horn had an earthier tone, almost like that of a cornet...

Live In Montmartre Vol.2 - This Is AlwaysTracks:1. How Deep Is The Ocean (I.Berlin) 11:172. House Of Jade (W.Shorter) 7:433. Love For Sale (C.Porter) 10:314. This Is Always (O.Coleman) 9:155. Way To Go Out (previously unissued) (S.Urso) 10:03

Not sure of the date of this music. Corea, Holland, and De Johnette were in Bell Sound Studios on May 11-13 to record the music released on Corea's Is (Solid State SS 18055) and Sundance (Groove Merchant GM 2202).The Quintet was busy throughout the first half of 1969, and there were three dates at the Village Gate: April 25-26, May 23-24, and July 29-August 10. During this time other engagements included the Cellar Door, Washington (March 5-10); Duffy's Backstage, Rochester (March 11-17); Village Gate, New York (April 25-26, May 23-24, and July 29-August 10); Plugged Nickel Club, Chicago (June 4-14); Blue Coronet Club, Brooklyn (June 21-29); Morgan State Jazz Festival, Baltimore (June 22); Newport Festival (July 4); Central Park, New York (July 7); Juan-les-Pins Festival, Antibes (July 25-26); Rutgers University Stadium, New Brunswick (July 27); Sheraton Park Hotel, French Lick (French Lick Jazz Festival) (July 31); The Spectrum, Philadelphia (August 15); Grant Park Theater, Chicago (August 22); Crosley Field, Cincinnati (Ohio Jazz Festival) (August 23).